Continental Rails II SdH 2012

Game # 20 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1851: California admitted into Union as newest state.
1852: Average life expectancy now almost 42 years.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: John Forbes bought R&D for $390, Jay Gould bought MRLE for $850, Thomas Durant bought P&FW for $1500, J. Edgar Thompson bought GTW for $2400, Hannibal Kimball bought A&WP for $1200, Jim Fisk bought A&GW for $1520, J. Edgar Thompson bought TP&W for $3200, Leland Stanford bought N&C for $1047, J. Pierpont Morgan bought MN for $510.

PCs Merged: N&S merges into N&W, P&LE merges into LS, RF&P merges into B&O.

PCs Incorporated: G&C, M&C, WBSH.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought 04/04/2000, NYC bought 04/04/2000, PENN bought 04/04/2000, READ bought 04/04/2000, C&O bought 04/04/2000, N&W bought 04/04/2000, W&M bought 04/04/2000, C&H bought 04/04/2000, SCL bought 04/04/2000, COG bought 04/04/2000, LS bought 04/04/2000.

New Technologies Acquired: LV bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: C4 by NYC, PA8 by LV, PA9 by PENN, PA6 by READ, WV1 by B&O, MD2 by C&O, VA5 by N&W, NC2 by W&M, SC2 by NER, SC4 by C&H, GA8 by SCL.

PENN doubled NYNH, B&O doubled MD1, SCL doubled S&A.

New RoWs acquired: LV got NY2, READ got PA4, C&O got PA7, NER got SC1, C&H got SC3, B&O got OH1, LS got OH3, N&W got KY1, SCL got AL4, GT got C2, NYC got C5.

New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of COG, Karl Von Backenheime of G&C, Thomas Scott of M&C, Jim Fisk of WBSH.

New Private Companies Available: BRL, MC, GM&O, MS, O&M, MON, FW&C, C&C, C&EI.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails

Tycoon Announcements:

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Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 J. Edgar Thompson PENN .... TP&W GTW
9 Jay Gould NYC LS MRLE ....
1 Jim Fisk SCL WBSH A&GW ....
5 Leland Stanford N&W NER N&C ....
2 Edward Harriman LV READ .... ....
6 Karl Von Backenheime G&C W&M .... ....
7 Thomas Scott B&O M&C .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... R&D
11 Thomas Durant C&O .... P&FW ....
10 Hannibal Kimball COG .... A&WP ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan C&H .... MN ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73 13043 7174 99 15214 12476 9 6 0 0
NYC New York Central 1276 184078 103084 95 298371 185136 6 4 0 0
LV Lehigh Valley 300 48643 27240 95 84167 46078 7 4 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 778 156938 81609 99 174380 115708 13 13 0 0
READ Reading 349 47565 27588 96 83387 40809 5 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 527 57751 34073 95 101825 54695 4 5 320 761
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 539 46017 26690 99 112550 80075 0 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 808 80244 44135 99 138137 96207 4 1 0 46
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 508 47232 25978 99 111067 78558 1 9 0 0
NER Northeastern Line 295 31051 18320 95 82266 42488 1 0 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 212 28901 16185 98 47288 16181 7 5 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 762 127488 70118 99 159892 53737 10 6 0 306
COG Central of Georgia 86 12807 7684 94 15779 10925 6 3 0 0
LS Lake Shore 313 41047 25038 93 61840 48379 4 1 0 0
G&C Greenville & Columbia 94 9336 6255 87 16477 12948 0 0 0 0
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 193 17120 10957 90 32339 25411 1 0 0 0
WBSH Wabash Line 114 15878 10638 87 22483 17667 3 0 0 0

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
Grand Trunk (GT ) GT
Unbuilt: C2 [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ) NYC HRL  (Double) NY3 B&A B&M B&H C3 C4
Unbuilt: C5 [Regions: ALN]
Lehigh Valley (LV ) LV PA2 PA8
Unbuilt: NY2 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN) PENN  (Double) C&A  (Double) CNJ  (Double) PA1 NYNH  (Double) PA3 PA9
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Reading (READ) READ PA5 PA6
Unbuilt: PA4 [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ) B&O MD1  (Double) RF&P WV1
Unbuilt: OH1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ) C&O VC MD2
Unbuilt: PA7 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ) N&W  (Double) VA3 VA4 N&S VA5
Unbuilt: KY1 [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ) W&M W&W NC1 NC2
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Northeastern Line (NER ) NER SC2
Unbuilt: SC1 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ) C&H SC4
Unbuilt: SC3 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ) SCL  (Double) S&A  (Double) S&G  (Double) GA1 GA8
Unbuilt: AL4 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ) COG
Unbuilt: none [Regions: D]
Lake Shore (LS ) LS P&LE
Unbuilt: OH3 [Regions: OL]
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ) G&C
Unbuilt: none [Regions: ]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ) M&C
Unbuilt: none [Regions: O]
Wabash Line (WBSH) WBSH
Unbuilt: none [Regions: O]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data
RR Start price Trade price End price Net change # Shares traded # Shares issued # Shares in treasury President Chairman Directors
GT 12 15 19 +7  144 365 0   1
NYC 26 27 29 +3  1648 6317 70 9 9
LV 24 26 29 +5  337 1463 37 2 2
PENN 41 43 46 +5  861 3818 77 3 3
READ 28 28 29 +1  359 1690 55 2 2
B&O 31 38 45 +14  325 2483 160 7 7 3
C&O 20 18 17 -3  467 2466 229 11 5 1
N&W 26 27 29 +3  449 3785 259 5 5
W&M 25 24 24 -1  594 2463 77 6 6 5
NER 20 22 24 +4  227 1420 55 5 5 12
C&H 33 33 33 +0  110 1025 41 4 4 10
SCL 40 38 36 -4  825 3739 78 1 1
COG 12 15 18 +6  178 397 33 10 10 12
LS 12 15 19 +7  350 1500 65 9 9
G&C 0 0 13 +13  0 423 47 6 6
M&C 0 0 13 +13  0 869 96 7 7
WBSH 0 0 13 +13  0 513 57 1 1

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
ERIE 1435 BRL 925 MC 760 A&T 715 GM&O 675 NO&J 915 SM 220
MS 1020 O&M 825 MON 920 FW&C 570 C&C 1010 C&EI 920

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